Kenpei to barabara shibijin (1957)

Original title

憲兵とバラバラ死美人

Directed by

Kyōtarō Namiki

Genre

horror, mystery

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 13m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A military policeman investigates the case of a dismembered woman. The film follows his pursuit of the truth behind the crime in 1957 Japan.

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What happens

Kenpei to Barabara Shibijin (Japanese: 憲兵とバラバラ死美人; lit. "The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty") is a 1957 black-and-white Japanese thriller film directed by Kyotaro Namiki and written by Akira Sugimoto, based on the book Notautsu Kanpei by Japanese military officer Keisuke Kosaka. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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